stammer
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈstæmər/
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- David struggled with a stammer as a child, which made it hard for him to speak in public.
You would take these very long pauses, little stammers.
- You would take these very long pauses, little stammers.
- It felt fluid and I just read the whole piece with not a single stammer, really, just the whole thing.
- I suffered with stuttering stammer so bad, man, I couldn't talk at all, and that Lady lit in on me.
Examples
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And with a speech defect that turned into a debilitating stammer at around the same time.
Blog text (7) -
"I'm sorry," Simon stammers.
Fiction book (1996) -
Forget the limp, the stammer, the funny hat.
Academic text (2009) -
Pnina wondered whether it would be rude to mention his stammer or whether she should pretend not to notice it.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Par-r-r-roissien and Partlow," his speech was a weak and nervous stammer, "had b-b-been arguing all evening about the girl."
Fiction book (1990) -
Her stammer caused her to pause frequently when trying to express her thoughts clearly.
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Although he had a stammer, he was determined to share his story with the audience.
Synonyms
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4.1
A speech problem in which a person repeats sounds or hesitates when talking
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Etymology
The word stammer is a word that copies the broken 'st-st' sound people make when they pause and restart while speaking. That's why a stammer names the speech problem with pauses and repeated sounds, and it is the same idea as the common word stutter.